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Industrial Poisoning Cases Among
Watch Dial Painters-The effect of
the use of radioactive substances on the
health of workers using these materials
in the painting of clock and watch dials,
has recently been brought to the public
attention once again through the lawsuit
filed against the United States Radium
Corporation of Orange, N. J. According
to the present paper 14 girls who have
been employed in this plant at various
times since 1917 have died as a result
of the absorption of radium. In addi-
tion, there have been 3 deaths reported
among watch dial painters of Waterbury,
Conn.
The case against the United States
Radium Corporation was settled out of
court with an agreement providing that
each of the victims is to receive an imme-
diate cash payment of $10,000, an an-
nuity of $600, and an allowance for
medical and legal advice. It is reported
that one of the original workers with
this substance, formerly an official of the
United States Radium Corporation and
the person who originated the formula
for the luminous paint used in the New
Jersey plant, is at the present time a
victim of radium
Labor Rev., 27, 1:42 (July), 1928.
L.G.
g. amen. Health
Pulli
sept 19 2 f.
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